Oldenburg: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 65 - 105 Hotel Graf von Oldenburg
 This 3-star hotel is located in the pedestrian area in Oldenburg town centre. It offers free Wi-Fi, daily breakfast buffets, and free parking.
The sp… MoreEUR 65 - 99 Hotel Bavaria
 Just 2.5 km away from Oldenburg city centre, this modern 3-star hotel offers peaceful rooms, free Wi-Fi internet access throughout the building, and a… MoreEUR 44 - 90 Hotel Heinemann
 This informal family-run hotel enjoys a strategic location in Oldenburg’s Kreyenbrück district, just a short distance from the Oldenburg Clinic and… MoreEUR 69 - 119 Hotel Sprenz
 This 3-star hotel is in the centre of Oldenburg, a 5-minute walk from Oldenburg Main Station and the Weser-Ems-Halle Exhibition Centre. It includes fr… MoreEUR 69 - 119 Hotel Wieting
 This traditional 3-star hotel in the Lower Saxon city of Oldenburg is just a 5-minute walk from the historic pedestrian area, castle and castle garden… MoreEUR 75 - 100 Hotel Tafelfreuden
 ”7 guest rooms - 7 individual worlds” is the motto of this privately-run hotel. It is located in a beautiful restored building of the 19th… MoreEUR 59 - 99 Hotel Antares
 Hotel Antares is centrally and conveniently located in the heart of Oldenburg. We offer 50 rooms that are equipped with every comfort needed.
The ho… MoreEUR 64 - 89 Hotel Alexander
 We have homely yet sophisticated en suite rooms and suites, free parking, free breakfast and wireless internet access; all just a 10 minute walk from … MoreEUR 59 - 149 Best Western Hotel Heide
 This 3-star Superior hotel in Oldenburg offers spacious rooms, free Wi-Fi and modern spa facilities. It is 3 km north of the city centre, close to the… MoreEUR 85 - 229 Altera Hotel im Herbartgang
 This 4-star boutique hotel offers a sauna, gym and a restaurant serving award-winning cuisine. It stands in the heart of Oldenburg, a 10-minute walk f… MoreEUR 79 - 119 City Club Hotel
 The City Club Hotel is a perfect starting point for a relaxing stay in Oldenburg. Since the opening of our hotel we take care for the well-being of ou… MoreEUR 58 - 99 Etzhorner Krug Hotel und Gaststätten GmbH
 This traditional, 3-star hotel is located in the suburb of Etzhorn, in the northern outskirts of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony.
The Etzhorner Krug provi… MoreEUR 69 - 162 Hermes Hotel Oldenburg
 This 3-star hotel in Oldenburg offers free wired internet, big breakfast buffets, and free parking. The main train station is just a 4-minute walk awa… MoreEUR 39 - 66 Gesellschaftshaus Müggenkrug
 This guest house lies in the suburb Ohmstede, in the north of Oldenburg, near the Donnerschwee meadows, with easy access to the town of Elsfleth and t… MoreEUR 85 - 280 AcarA das Penthouse Hotel
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Oldenburg: Guide
Oldenburg (Bremen and Groningen (city)|Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 158,341 (as of 2005) which makes it the fourth biggest in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig|Brunswick and Osnabrück. In German language|German, the city is known officially as Oldenburg (Oldenburg (state)|Oldenburg) or Oldenburg (Oldb) to distinguish it from Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein.
Also, Christian of Oldenburg in 1448 was elected as King of the Three Nordic Crowns (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark). Yet, during his reign Sweden was ruled under Karl Knutsson. Hence, this king (Christian) was the ruler of Norway and Denmark, and enabled for a conflict within the Kalmar Union.
History
The town was first mentioned in ford of the navigable Hunte River. Oldenburg became the capital of the Oldenburg (state)|County of Oldenburg (later a Duchy, Grand Duchy and Republic), a small state in the shadow of the much more powerful Hanseatic city of Bremen (city)|Bremen
In the 17th century, Oldenburg was a wealthy town in a time of war and turmoil and its population and power grew considerably. In 1667 the town was struck by a disastrous Black Death|plague epidemic and, shortly after, a fire destroyed Oldenburg. The Danish kings, who were also counts of Oldenburg at the time, were not much interested in the condition of the town and it lost most of its former importance. In 1773, Danish rule ended. It was only then that the destroyed buildings in the city were rebuilt in a Neoclassicism|Classicist style.
In 1893 a canal connecting the Hunte and the Ems rivers was finished connecting the port of Oldenburg with the North Sea which greatly increased the city's economic importance.
In 1945 after World War II, Oldenburg grew to more than 100,000 inhabitants when refugees migrated into the city that was only sparingly bombed during Strategic Bombing During World War II|World War II. In 1946, Oldenburg became part of the new German States of Germany|Land of Lower Saxony.
Demography
Up to 1870, it's only estimated data.
Economy and Infrastructure
Traffic
The city center of Oldenburg is surrounded by a ring of highways (Autobahnen) consisting of A28, A29 and A293. Oldenburg is part of the railroad connections between Norddeich-Leer-Oldenburg-Bremen and Wilhelmshaven-Oldenburg-Osnabrück. InterCity railroad connections to Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden and an InterCity Express connection to Frankfurt exist.
Oldenburg is connected to shipping through the Küstenkanal, a ship canal connecting the rivers Ems and Weser River|Weser. With 1.6 Million tons of goods annually it is the most important non-coastal harbor in Lower Saxony.
Bicycles play a very important part in personal transportation.
Because of its close proximity to the city of Bremen, the city is only about half an hour drive from the Bremen Airport.
Media
Nordwest-Zeitung, daily newspaper for the region
Oldenburger Sonntagszeitung, weekly newspaper
Huntereport, weekly newspaper
Mox, fortnightly information magazine
Oldenburger Stachel, alternative monthly newspaper
sisol, school information
Oldenburg Eins, local semi-open Television|TV and Radio station
Education
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg|Carl von Ossietzky University, founded 1973 and named after Carl von Ossietzky ()
Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences) Oldenburg, founded 1971 ()
Agriculture
The city is in a largely agricultural area. There are farms near and even in the city. Common agricultural activities are the cultivation of livestock (especially dairy cows and other grazing animals) and crops such as asparagus, corn, and kale.
Personalities
Honorary Citizens
1917: Paul von Hindenburg, General and later Reichspräsident|President of Germany during the Weimar Republic
1928: Dr. h.c. Helene Lange, Politician (German Democratic Party|DDP) and Feminism|women's rights activist
1944: August Hinrichs, Artist
1961: Prof. Bernhard Winter, Painter
1963: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Jaspers, Philosopher, Psychiatrist and political author
1992: Horst Janssen, Artist
In 1937 Adolf Hitler and Carl Röver were made Honorary Citizens, but this was reverted in 1948
Famous People from Oldenburg
1683, Burkhard Christoph von Munnich, † 1767, military commander, political figure
1776, May 4: Johann Friedrich Herbart, † August 14 1841 Göttingen, Philosopher, Psychologist and Teacher
1803: Markus Nathan Adler, † 1890, Rabbi
1818, December 21: Queen Amalia of Greece|Marie Frederike Amelie, Princess of Oldenburg and Queen of Greece 1836-1862 † Bamberg May 20 1875
1842, February 5: Karl Graf von Wedel, † December 30 1919 Stockholm, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine|Alsace-Lorraine (Elsaß-Lothringen) between 1907-1914|14
1848, April 9: Helene Lange, † May 13 1930 Berlin, Politician, Teacher and women's rights activist
1852, November 16: Friedrich August, Duke of Oldenburg 1900-1918|18
1865, July 22: Dr. Karl Rudolf Heinze, † May 28 1928 Dresden, prime minister of Saxony October 26 to November 13 1918 and Governor of Saxony 1923
1873, February 26: Johann Schütte, Airship constructor
1875, April 2: Theodor Diedrich Wilhelm Francksen, †June 14 1914, Art collector
1879, April 18: August Hinrichs, † June 20 1956 Huntlosen, Author
1883, February 23: Karl Jaspers, † February 26 1969 Basel, Philosopher and Author
1888: Theodor Pekol, † 1958, Bus constructor and operator
1894, August 17: Otto Suhr, † August 30 1957 Berlin, Politician SPD and Lord Mayor of Berlin
1934, October 7: Ulrike Meinhof, † May 9 1976 Stuttgart (suicide), journalism|journalist and terrorism|terrorist (Red Army Faction)
1946, March 24: Su Kramer alias Gudrun Kramer, Singer
1952, July 17: Judith Jupe, Singer
1959, January 17: Andrea Clausen, actress at Burgtheater in Vienna
1974, May 28: Hans-Jörg Butt, Football (soccer)|Soccer player
1990, March 19: Romke Kotten, inventor of the Kottentiere
Famous People who worked in Oldenburg
Hermann Ludwig Ehlers, 1904 Schöneberg near Berlin, †1954, Politician (Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU), Bundestag (Germany)|President of the Bundestag, worked in the city council of Oldenburg at the beginning of his career
Horst Janssen, November 14 1929 Oldenburg, †August 31 1995 Hamburg, Artist, lived in Oldenburg
Johann Heinrich Suhrkamp, March 23 1891 near Oldenburg, March 31 1959 Frankfurt, founder of the Suhrkamp Publisher|Publishing House
Cäcilie von Oldenburg, died there in 1844
External links
Government and Tourism
http://www.oldenburg-geschichte.de/
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